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Abandoned houses in Randsburg
Johannesburg, California

Randsburg

The liveliest ghost town in the state.
Oxford, England

Oxford Museum of Natural History

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.
The remains of Old Newgate Prison
East Granby, Connecticut

Old Newgate Prison

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.
The Sarajevo Tunnel
Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo War Tunnel Museum

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.
On of the polar bears in the museum.
Hammerfest, Norway

Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society

This one-room museum is dedicated to Norwegian history and jokes.
Mickey Mouse Gas Mask
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

45th Infantry Museum

A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.
The replica stage.
Kentwood, Louisiana

Kentwood Historical and Cultural Arts Museum

A small town museum honors local WWII veterans and the queen of pop who put it on the map.
Permanently Closed
Institute For Figuring
Los Angeles, California

Institute For Figuring

This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.
Ettore Guatelli Museum
Gaiano, Italy

Ettore Guatelli Museum

A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

KattenKabinet

Cat art as far as the eye can see.
The Olana mansion.
Hudson, New York

Olana

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.
Pacific Grove, California

Point Pinos Lighthouse

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.
Tác, Hungary

Gorsium Archaeological Park

The remains of an entire Roman city can be explored in this interactive museum.
A pack of Radium-laced cigarettes at the Musée Curie.
Paris, France

Musée Curie

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.
The Kansas Underground Salt Museum
Hutchinson, Kansas

Strataca, The Kansas Underground Salt Museum

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
One of the many art pavillions.
Neuss, Germany

Museumsinsel Hombroich

Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.
The cells featured escape-proof windows.
Monterey, California

Old Monterey Jail

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.
The roadside sign announcing the park.
Viñales, Cuba

Parque Prehistórico

Prehistoric history as seen through the lens of an outsider artist.